Interfolded tissue dispenser



April 2, 1940- I w. H. wEsT 2,195,437

Patienten 'A'pa :ei iof? s f f V q f This invention 'relates-to faeabinet; for,l the :dis-j pensing ofi interfolded sheets of- ;tissue.paper. The object oi. thepresent invjention is'toflgen- ;e ra1 1yimprove and smpli-fy-the Constxuctionand 4-5 openation ofdispensing-;Cabinets:Aotlthefeharaoter f described; to provide adispensing; Cabinet :Which vmay be Vrefilled fromhti'me to'tirneggwithaymini' of efiort .and whiph'lprovdes fii'ee access ".Ior

-7,p11acing stacks of ;tis s1ie ftherein.withoutdanger "4:10 ,QfgwastebySpiliinglytonlovide a dispensngeaoi- 1 n et;having a. slotted:bottom-zfojxltl'ie1suppoiitsofl .the-tissue, said bottom slopingup-wardiyitoward the front ofv the Cabinet 1,50y tha,t-: the -s1ot.=and:i1e s heetoft-issue projecting Ithereinem. are brought v' 1:15vinto full view andare. eadily-.acoessihle 1forri'e- .f moval of thesheets of ;;t 1ssue;. .tdprovidea Camnet having a bottom;sioping.upward1y :and toward i vthe front together Withfaemeazfcurved platewhich lcanses the,tloweitrporton-go,*the pstaek'of -tissue to' -220c'urve i forward. and ,.a ssume the same plfaneV .as f the vinclined.bottom; .toiproyide afbottomrhaving -a' l'dispensing slot or :openingformed there-inzthe I. :Qends of vsaidslot being"extendedfverticallyandv I fz'enlarged', to exposel the-endse 'the lo'wennost v' *1 #25sheets of tissue Whereiofy;'saidv ende niayhe-grasped andpulled' out Vof(the siott'to; start :gfeedinga :the

i ;t issue; 'the purpose .being to eliminatewinterq :li-laying jofi a.stackI of .tissue when-wa new simply i S, placed in the Cabinet; and.furtherflto provide i 430.111,dispensing*bottom panelL-:lhavingaroughened area on af portion of 1 its innersuifaee,te f riov kf file,support; and

' Fig. 3 isa Cross' seCtion taken lrnemIiI- -III of1'ig,2.1 EP-4::,,.Referring to the d11awing inv detaii', Zaindicates wflthe back' wallof a Cabinet, :'.a-:pain of! side 7 walls; diapartiaitop, 5 a :bottomsupporting panel vin WhichL is formed. a dispensing slot 6,5- and-T'inldicates a cover hinged at 8 toithetopl-section k'Lf''hey backportion 2,"together -nlr'ith the'jsides I50 -'3 %-31,the top 4, and'thebottom 5 are permanently lseci'ired or formedintegral' WithreIatiOn'JtOeaOh othe r y Ths leaves the 'cover-fl' as thejoni'y'moilabiebart, ftms being. f pssi'bie aey it: ie mnged to *theitopas at 8 andinay be swunglabout the. 'i :in thmges'fwihe elesfidlflfiiIIl-'Iiee-eesifiiee shown (curve the.L lower portion of a stackwojbottoin, brings the sheet tobe dispensed into .fn-11 3115 Viewfand/.intov a position where itisuteadiiy during -humid -Weather or Whenstatic eleetnioity v fis in the ainthe projeetingxsheetfottenf-ghngsthe,

r interfolded'toilet-r tissue W-i'ienl .insented i is Cui'ved'as at 'Ibadjacentits npperenic for p'lacingrin the Cabinet a freshfisupoi 'Thehands, hej? in Fig. 2 tof-the Vopen position: :.dotteci i The Cabinetiszintended-for .lthefire oeptionfand v der the tissue more.accessiblegand easiiy-frexnow" f' vf 'i By re-ferring to Figs; ll andY2,: i'twil'l, v .n'oted that theyslotted bottom; siopesnnwardl-y-towatdf10 V 'see-w Ward thenser. I'his, togetherI-withthe.sloping- I grasped--- or awithdrawn. :v -In an :ordinary eabinet,

Wall., vIn this Cabinet thesioping :bottomfindings' 5211 I the.v slotaway from the -Wallandfinto fnli yiew. 'HenCe x the) proj eoting sheet'is4 not ;-on1y in :full

view; and read-ily,reaChabie-vbut isffar v.enough V- -a-way fromthewailitoobviate one tonehing-am? -v 4: thing-j but the tissue sheets.that-are lte.-,be';\ ,vi(:h

drawn. fnebottoxn of the-.packaga-or stackf i Cabinet assunfiesa wedgeshape at the-ima round .or- :Curvedportionv at: the...back, vso. asato.Conforin :to the p-iane presented'y by -thes1oping,- 3 0 .bottomFito-m, that position; the f p-ull'lon the-gpro'- S' i jectingl 'sheetis-npand towards the useinstead of ;down an'dyl'away. This, makes:foregizeaterjoon; fveniencelinwithdltawng? the:

aimorepositive and even pull 'lferring to 2, it-.Wiil be -notedvthatthet-npper portion of the, bottomfseCtion. -5.is roughenedorf Corrugated'as-indioatedat-l'. v'I'neaCoop-enating tionsin front of thekslot-,.-preyent"anuxnberof sheets inom being puiiedontatone-time; Frici tionin the slotfi is Compensatednvhen the sahinet is fully loaded and atthesame -tirn the supply: dinflnishesffthe 'mc-tion mama haneCoifrugations diminishes .the tendenc y for: seveijal* 45L 'sheets to.be pulied outiwhenone is.being=--Withdrawn.j.- In-Eigsl and 2-it Willbe noted'thattheeove'r 'I permitsthe cover VWhen opened; as' shovmfindot ted. linesfsee' Fig.2) to rest .fiatag-ainst the .WallWithont-f'strainingfthe' hingesL-I-Aizso it; i eijeas'es v the .size of'.the opening; and permits ordinary cabinets. d v i Ordinary cabinetsrequire theV interleaving of| the last sheet of :the remainingsupplywiththe' first sheet of ainew supply. This cabinet elimidispensiingurpanelin fan arctha'tj maintains the,

approximate dimension iof the folded sheets.

Thus the lower portion 'of the stack assumesla wedge shape and curvesforwardto the same plane I i as the sloping bottom or dispensing4 panel.'The-' tissue then easily ldispenses upl and towards the user instead ofdown andaway asis comgnonzi'in nates this awkward and inefiicientoperation. This is due to'the fact that the lateral extremities of thedispensing slot 6 are Wideriedy :and

extended upwardly into the sides 3 vto formopen portions such asindicated at Sa. With this additionfor extension' of the dispensing slotyit becomes unnecessary to interleave the new supply because whena breakin interleaving occurs, the

'lower endsof the interfolded tissue will be exposed and uncovered bythe enlarged extensions of the slot indicated: at Ga, thus permitting,them tobe 'grasped wby the fingernails or some suitable instrument tostart a' newy supply4 of. inte'rleaved f sheets., This is a decidedadvantage to the jantitor whofills these cabinets and a great convenv iience to-the' user when breaks in 'interleaving of tissue occur.l Thecorrugated or roughened surface N previously referred to does not onlyfrictionally resist Withdrawal of? all sheets except the sheet to beV'dispensed but it also prevents the first few sheets from droppingdown-the inner face of the sloping bottom, as Hthecorrugations en'gagesuch sheets and act as a retarderl for them. TheL ridges also offset thefriction between sheets when a sheet is being withdrawn. lff

Summarizing statements heretofore lmade, it

, maybe said that the cabinet is'pa'rticula'rlyde- "signed to permiteasy 'access in filling. Also-it 'gives greater capacity when the dooris open, as

:it is out of the way and allows complete accessl to the-cabinetinterior. Thetissue is' placed'inklthle lbody of the cabinetrather thanin an open frame.V

. This minin'iizesspilling and permits' use 'of the :entire cabinet forfilling. VThis last' feature ifsr not -cominon in conventional cabinetsas' spacemustbe afforded to permit entrance of-the hand or hands topermit interleaving of sheets'of the old and-the new supply. The innerface of-the cover vv-is--provided'with ribsextending from'the top to thebottom thereof as shown at l'c. l''Iflfiesew'ri-bs areplacedi on theopposite sides (see Figs. 2 and 3) and form guides or trackways to guideastack .of

Ltissue from the top to the bottom 'of the cabinet, thereby lesseningv'friction on the i ends of 'the *tissuestackfi The cabinet asconstructed'lends itself to molding from any one'of a vnumber-ofdifferent types of plastic material. This' permits 'Udifferent coloreffects to be used andsurfac'e' ornamentation of different character.V'I'he*curved top presented by' the cabinet minimiz'esfits'use as aparking place for burning cigar's* and cigarettes- Wiping the cabinetwith a'soft'cloth is s all that is' necessary to keep it cleanll Withlthe use of plastic'fmaterial in 4its construction' the luster ispermanenttasl :such a finis'hjis'inherent in most of the m'olded plasticcompounds'." 'Clean- 2,11%,437 lI 'i 'or person filling the cabinet areat the same timeV liness, sanitation, and a permanent pleasing apinetbesides the many other advantages specifled. The back wall of thecabinet is perforated or slotted vto receive screws for similar4fastening means, thereby simplifying the Ioperation of securing thecabinet vas Va ywhole to a wall surface Hoi; ,any,other:suitablesupport. .3 .e t

been more or less Tspecific'a'l'ly described and illustrated, I wish itunderstood that various changes i' may be resorted-sto within the scopeof the ap- Yper'n'fled. claimsgtand that the materials and finish may besuch as the experience of the manufacturer may' fdictate and:4 other iconditions demand. f, :fl-laying] thu's described myinvention, what Ipearance'are therefore characteristics of the cabi Whilecertain-.features Nof Lmy'inventioyn have .s

claimand desire' to secure by, Letters Patent is- -1. A 'device ofthe-character described comprising a lcabinet vfor the reception ofavertically disposed stack of-interfolded sheets of tissue,l paper, abottom section -in the cabinet to support the-stack of tissue; 4a sheetdispensing slot formed inrthe'bottom :and extencling from side to side'ofthe cabinet, said bottom slopingupwardly towards the frontlofthefcabinet to bring-therdis'- pensing slot and sheets, dispensedtherethrough' vinto full viewfan' venlarged slot formed in each Hside:of the. cabinet and in communication with the bottom slot, saidrenlargedslots'exposingv the opposite. ends. of the lowermost'4 layers 4of inter--folded-sheets to permit saidsheets to be grasped and pulled downthrough the bottom slot to lstart' feedingof the interfolded sheetsthrough the bot,-

tom slotfand a curved; plate at the rear of the cabinetvand at the lowerend vthereof to curve and direct the lowerpo-rtionof the tissue stackl.forwardly intothe plane ofrthe bottom section and the dispensing slotformed therein.

2.1Adevice of thecharacter. described comprising-:a cabinetfor ythereception'of a vertically wdisposed stack ofinterfolded sheets of tissuepaper, a bottom sectioninthe .cabinet tosupport the in the 'bottomand'extevnding from side tov side -of the cabinet, said bottom slopingupwardlyto- 3115 wards the front of the cabinet 'to bring the dislat 4stack of tissue, fa sheetwdispensingslot formed.

pensing's'lot' and sheets dispensed'therethroughi linto full view,an'enlarged slot formed in each side of the cabinet and in communicationwith the bottom slot, said enlarged slots exposing the opposite ends, of'the lowermost layers of interi 'folded sheets to permit said sheetstoVbe grasped and pulled down through the bottom slot to start feeding ofthe interfolded sheets through the botv tomslot, "and" means adjacent'the slot and in-front thereof forfrictionally engagin'gv the lowerAsurface of the lowermost sheet in the tissue stack to retain it againstremoval when an interleaved sheet is beingwithdrawn throughxthe slot.

V3. A device of the character described compris-' ing acabinet for thereception of a vertically disposedstack of interfolded'sheets of tissuepaper, a bottom section in the cabinet to supportflthe the front of thecabinet to bring the dispensing d slot and ysheetsdispensed-therethrough. into; full ..view, an enlarged slot formed ineach side ofthe cabinet and Vin communication with the bottom slot, saidenlargedL slots exposing'the opposite ends ofthe lowermost layers ofinterfolded sheets to stack of tissue, a' sheetv dispensing slot'formed., 'in the bottomand extending from sideto side of the cabinet,said bottom sloping upwardly towards permit said sheets 'to begraspedand pulleddown through Ithe vbottom slotr to start feeding ofVthe interfolded sheetsv through the bottom slot, and

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4. A deviceaof the character described cofrnpris-- ing a Cabinet for thereception of .a vertically disposed stack of interfolded sheets oftissuem paper, a bottom section'in thev cabinet to support the stack oftissue, a sheet dispensing' slot formed in the bottom and extending.i'rom side to side of the Cabinet, said bottom sloping up- Wardlytowards the front of the Cabinet to bring the dispensing slot and sheetsdispensed there-' through into full view, an enlarged slot formed ineach side of 'the Cabinet and in communication with the bottom slot,said enlarged slots exposplaced within the cabinet.

ing fthe opposite ends. of the lowermost layers of interfolded sheets topermitsaid sheets to be grasped and pulled down through the bottom slotYto start feeding of the interfolded sheets through the bottomy slot, acurved' plate at the I 'I lrear of. the cabinet and at .the lower endthereof to curve and direct the lower portion of the tis- 'suestackforwardly into the pl'ane of the bottom section and the dispensing slot'formed therein, a

* cover member hingedto the top of the cabinet, said cover closing aportion of the upper end of vthe cabinet and thefront of the cabinet;and

extendingdownwardlysubstantiallyto the sloping bottom section, and apairv of ribs on the inner face of the cover, one Lon each side thereof,to form a. vertical guideway for the stack of tissue WILFRED H. WEST.

